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'''Basic Trope''': The idea that evil gets inherited from generation to generation just like many personality traits.
* '''Straight''': Vladimir is an unflinchingly ruthless zealot, clearly having modelled himself after his father.
* '''Exaggerated''': Vladimir's father was a mass murderer and his ancestor a genocidal tyrant. Not one person of Vladimir's line has turned out to be a decent individual, even his bastard son ending up a crime lord
* '''Downplayed''': Vladimir's father was a juvenile deliquent, so Vladimir sees nothing wrong with vandalism and being an egomaniacal jerk.
* '''Justified''':
** He has inherited a certain mental disposition that influences him for worse.
** Vladimir's family line has lived in harsh conditions and thus what others would find cruel Vladimir naturally thinks of as unremarkable.
** Vladimir has been raised according to a rigid value system and punished whenever he's deviated from it.
** Everyone expects Vladimir to be an evil monster like his parents, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy so they treat him poorly and give him reason to hate and distrust everyone else]].
* '''Implied''': Vladimir is a villain, and while his family lineage isn't mentioned he does talk about "upholding traditions".
* '''Inverted''':
** Vladimir is [[HeroicLineage as virtuous as his family line is reputed to be]].
** Vladimir is a tolerant hero, despite his father's actions.
* '''Subverted''': Vladimir has dozens of vile people in his family line and is a decent fellow regardless.
** Vladimir's family history was tampered with: most of the family line was pretty ordinary, even heroic folk.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...until he gets fed up and decides that following in their footsteps isn't so bad a thing after all.
* '''Parodied''': Vladimir has a flashback to his childhood, and his fondest memory is his father teaching him how to kick puppies and eat kittens.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Vladimir finds out his father was an evil bastard and he doubts whether he really deserves to call himself a hero. He gets consoled that he isn't like his father, having chosen to be unlike him. He faces suspicion from other people - although some of them do so because of his fragile self-belief. Vladimir then finds out most of his ''family line'' includes callous, ruthless, immoral people. Vladimir takes into account he has grown up in extremely different circumstances. Then he certifies that he shares many personality and temperamental traits that have been commonly observed to appear in his family. His friend points out he is also very different from them in many respects. Too bad Vladimir's mental stability has started to slide down towards the abyss and his sinister edge is raising its head, growing ever more prominent...
* '''Averted''': People in a story's setting turn out good, evil or somewhere between regardless of what kind of people their family lines include.
* '''Enforced''': The author of the story is an [[EvilutionaryBiologist ardent eugenicist]], and so in his stories morality is inherited.
* '''Lampshaded''': "My father was extremely ruthless in his approach to things and guess what?! I don't mind doing the same!"
* '''Invoked''': [[TheCorrupter Emperor Evulz]] befriends Vladimir, sows seeds of distrust toward his friends, orchestrates situations that turn his virtues against him and starts telling him stories about how his family members are great examples of his cherished values(getting things done, persistence, resilience etc.).
* '''Exploited''': Vladimir uses his father's fearsome legacy to get his way even though he himself wouldn't hurt a fly.
* '''Defied''': Vladimir knows right off the bat what horrid people his family line is full of - and actively goes out of his way to diminish, if not erase, the effects of their reign, generally going to extra lengths to be [[IncorruptiblePurePureness an honorable,]] [[TheCape virtuous person]].
* '''Discussed''': "Bah! Just like his father...".
* '''Conversed''': "This must be one of those instances where a villain is evil because of paternal or familial inspiration".
* '''Deconstructed''': LoserSonOfLoserDad
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Vladimir has actually chosen to become a vile, ruthless, evil bastard deep down long before any discrimination relating to his family line or parents comes up. Any unfair treatment that he faces is just one more excuse for going on with his ways.
** [[HeelFaceTurn His father eventually reformed]] [[BeingEvilSucks after it didn't work out for him]]. So for Vladimir to ''really'' be like him, [[AntiVillain he doesn't have to always be evil]].

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'''Basic Trope''': The idea that evil morality and job inclination gets inherited from generation to generation just like many personality traits.
* '''Straight''': Vladimir is an unflinchingly ruthless zealot, clearly having modelled himself after his father.
* '''Exaggerated''': Vladimir's father was
Betty's a mass murderer and his ancestor a genocidal tyrant. Not one person of Vladimir's line has turned out to be a decent individual, even his bastard son ending up a crime lord
* '''Downplayed''': Vladimir's father was a juvenile deliquent, so Vladimir sees nothing wrong with vandalism and being an egomaniacal jerk.
* '''Justified''':
** He has inherited a certain mental disposition that influences him for worse.
** Vladimir's family line has lived in harsh conditions and thus what others would find cruel Vladimir naturally thinks of as unremarkable.
** Vladimir has been raised according to a rigid value system and punished whenever he's deviated from it.
** Everyone expects Vladimir to be an evil monster
doctor just like his parents, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy so they treat him poorly her parents Alice and give him reason to hate and distrust everyone else]].
* '''Implied''': Vladimir is a villain, and while his family lineage isn't mentioned he does talk about "upholding traditions".
Charlie are both doctors.
* '''Inverted''':
** Vladimir is [[HeroicLineage as virtuous as his family line is reputed to be]].
** Vladimir
'''Exaggerated''': Betty's a doctor just like her parents, all four of her grandparents, and all eight of her grandparents.
* '''Downplayed''': Betty's a nurse, while her mother Alice
is a tolerant hero, despite his father's actions.
* '''Subverted''': Vladimir has dozens of vile people in his family line
doctor and her father Charlie is a decent fellow regardless.
paramedic.
* '''Justified''':
** Vladimir's family history was tampered with: Betty showed an interest in the medical field even before she learned of her parents' careers and they nourished this interest for most of the family line was pretty ordinary, even heroic folk.
her life.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...until he gets fed up and decides that following in their footsteps isn't so bad a thing after all.
FamilyBusiness
* '''Parodied''': Vladimir has a flashback to his childhood, and his fondest memory '''Implied''': Betty is his father teaching him how to kick puppies and eat kittens.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Vladimir finds out his father was an evil bastard and he doubts whether he really deserves to call himself
a hero. He gets consoled that he isn't like his father, having chosen to be unlike him. He faces suspicion from other people - although some of them do so because of his fragile self-belief. Vladimir then finds out most of his ''family line'' includes callous, ruthless, immoral people. Vladimir takes into account he has grown up in extremely different circumstances. Then he certifies that he shares many personality and temperamental traits that have been commonly observed to appear in his family. His friend points out he is also very different from them in many respects. Too bad Vladimir's mental stability has started good young surgeon. When asked how she learned so much so fast, her answer is "I paid attention to slide down towards the abyss and his sinister edge is raising its head, growing ever more prominent...
* '''Averted''': People in a story's setting turn out good, evil or somewhere between regardless of what kind of people their family lines include.
* '''Enforced''': The author of the story is an [[EvilutionaryBiologist ardent eugenicist]], and so in his stories morality is inherited.
my parents".
* '''Inverted''': Charlie and Alice are doctors, but their daughter Betty can't stand the idea of being one despite them encouraging her to be a doctor.
* '''Subverted''': Betty considers following her parents' path, but decides not to as she grows up.
* '''Double Subverted''': And then her parents die and she chooses to honor them by following in their footsteps.
* '''Parodied''': Betty's earliest memories consist of her parents helping her perform brain surgery on an elderly patient.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Betty is very much not a doctor like her parents, mostly because she becomes nauseated at the idea of surgery, and is rather horrified by many stories, and thus chooses to become a teacher. However, when someone is wounded, she immediately takes charge of the scene and talks as if she knows what to do...because as disgusted as she was with her parents' description of being a doctor, she still paid attention to them.
* '''Averted''': People in the story don't have any greater or lesser of a chance at any job because of their parents.
* '''Enforced''': The author of the story is has a friend who came from a family that had three generations of nurses and incorporated this into his stories.
* '''Lampshaded''': "My father was extremely ruthless in his approach parents were doctors, too. I always wanted to things and guess what?! I don't mind doing the same!"
be like them!"
* '''Invoked''': [[TheCorrupter Emperor Evulz]] befriends Vladimir, sows seeds of distrust toward his friends, orchestrates situations Betty's grandparents noticed their respective children's inclination towards being in the medical field. They [[TheMatchmaker helped their children get together]] in the hopes that turn his virtues against him and starts telling him stories about how his family members are great examples they'd have a child who would do the same, hoping that the combined money from all of his cherished values(getting things done, persistence, resilience etc.).
their careers would set their bloodline well-off financially.
* '''Exploited''': Vladimir Betty uses his father's fearsome legacy her parents' reputation to help her get his way even though he himself wouldn't hurt a fly.
through medical school.
* '''Defied''': Vladimir Betty knows right off the bat what horrid people his family line is full of - and actively goes out of his way to diminish, if not erase, the effects of their reign, generally going to extra lengths that she doesn't want to be [[IncorruptiblePurePureness an honorable,]] [[TheCape virtuous person]].
a doctor, and is annoyed with her parents constantly trying to push her to become one.
* '''Discussed''': "Bah! Just "Just like his father...her parents, a dynasty of doctors...".
* '''Conversed''': "This must be one "Three generations of those instances where a villain doctors. That's no coincidence, is evil because of paternal or familial inspiration".
it?"
* '''Deconstructed''': LoserSonOfLoserDad
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Vladimir has actually chosen
The pressure on Betty to become be a vile, ruthless, evil bastard deep down long before any discrimination relating to his doctor like her family line or parents comes up. Any unfair treatment that he faces is just one more excuse for going on with his ways.
** [[HeelFaceTurn His father eventually reformed]] [[BeingEvilSucks after it didn't work out for him]]. So for Vladimir to ''really'' be like him, [[AntiVillain he
even though she doesn't have think she wants to always be evil]].one takes a toll on her mentally, leading her to become abrasive and lashing out at the people around her, calling them out on trying to influence a life that is only hers.
* '''Reconstructed''': The people around her lighten up on her and allow her to take her own course in life. After the pressure is lifted, she realizes that she ''does'' want to follow in her parents footsteps, she was just too stubborn and determined to resist the pressure to realize it.
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** Vladimir's family line has lived in harsh conditions and thus what others would find Vladimir naturally thinks of as unremarkable.

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** Vladimir's family line has lived in harsh conditions and thus what others would find cruel Vladimir naturally thinks of as unremarkable.



** Everyone expects Vladimir to be an evil monster like his parents, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy so they treat him poorly and give him reason to hate and distrust everyone else]].
* '''Implied''': Vladimir is a villain, and while his family lineage isn't mentioned he does talk about "upholding traditions".



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The author of the story is an [[EvilutionaryBiologist ardent eugenicist]], and so in his stories morality is inherited.



* '''Invoked''': [[TheCorrupter Emperor Evulz]] befriends Vladimir, sows seeds of distrst toward his friends, orchestrates situations that turn his virtues against him and starts telling him stories about how his family members are great examples of his cherished values(getting things done, persistence, resilience etc.).

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* '''Invoked''': [[TheCorrupter Emperor Evulz]] befriends Vladimir, sows seeds of distrst distrust toward his friends, orchestrates situations that turn his virtues against him and starts telling him stories about how his family members are great examples of his cherished values(getting things done, persistence, resilience etc.).
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** Vladimir is as virtuous as his family line is reputed to be.

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** Vladimir is [[HeroicLineage as virtuous as his family line is reputed to be.be]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': Vladimir has actually chosen to become a vile, ruthless, evil bastard deep down long before any discrimination relating to his family line or parents comes up. Any unfair treatment that he faces is just one more excuse for going on with his ways.
** Alternatively, [[HeelFaceTurn his father eventually reformed]] [[BeingEvilSucks after it didn't work out for him]]. So for Vladimir to ''really'' be like him, [[AntiVillain he doesn't have to always be evil]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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Vladimir has actually chosen to become a vile, ruthless, evil bastard deep down long before any discrimination relating to his family line or parents comes up. Any unfair treatment that he faces is just one more excuse for going on with his ways.
** Alternatively, [[HeelFaceTurn his His father eventually reformed]] [[BeingEvilSucks after it didn't work out for him]]. So for Vladimir to ''really'' be like him, [[AntiVillain he doesn't have to always be evil]].



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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** Alternatively, [[HeelFaceTurn his father eventually reformed]][[BeingEvilSucks after it didn't work out for him]]. So for Vladimir to ''really'' be like him, [[AntiVillain he doesn't have to always be evil]].

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** Alternatively, [[HeelFaceTurn his father eventually reformed]][[BeingEvilSucks reformed]] [[BeingEvilSucks after it didn't work out for him]]. So for Vladimir to ''really'' be like him, [[AntiVillain he doesn't have to always be evil]].
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** Alternatively, [[HeelFaceTurn his father eventually reformed]][[BeingEvilSucks after it didn't work out for him]]. So for Vladimir to ''really'' be like him, [[AntiVillain he doesn't have to always be evil]].
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* '''Defied''': Vladimir knows right off the bat what horrid people his family line is full of - and actively goes out of his way to diminish, if not erase, the effects of their reign, generally going to extra lengths to be [[IncorruptiblePurePureness an honorable,]] [[WebOriginal/{{Zalgo}} v]][[TheCape irtuous person]].

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* '''Defied''': Vladimir knows right off the bat what horrid people his family line is full of - and actively goes out of his way to diminish, if not erase, the effects of their reign, generally going to extra lengths to be [[IncorruptiblePurePureness an honorable,]] [[WebOriginal/{{Zalgo}} v]][[TheCape irtuous [[TheCape virtuous person]].
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* '''Defied''': Vladimir knows right off the bat what horrid people his family line is full of - and actively goes out of his way to diminish, if not erase, the effects of their reign, generally going to extra lengths to be [[IncorruptiblePurePureness an honorable,]] [[{{Zalgo}} v]][[TheCape irtuous person]].

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* '''Defied''': Vladimir knows right off the bat what horrid people his family line is full of - and actively goes out of his way to diminish, if not erase, the effects of their reign, generally going to extra lengths to be [[IncorruptiblePurePureness an honorable,]] [[{{Zalgo}} [[WebOriginal/{{Zalgo}} v]][[TheCape irtuous person]].
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Vladimir has a flashback to his childhood, and his fondest memory is his father teaching him how to kick puppies and eat kittens.

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* '''Inverted''': Vladimir is as virtuous as his family line is reputed to be.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Vladimir is as virtuous as his family line is reputed to be.



* '''Deconstructed''': LoserSonOfLoserDad
* '''Reconstructed''': Vladimir has actually chosen to become a vile, ruthless, evil bastard deep down long before any discrimination relating to his family line or parents comes up. Any unfair treatment that he faces is just one more excuse for going on with his ways.



* '''Discussed''': "Bah! Just like his father...."
* '''Conversed''': "This must be one of those instances where a villain is evil because of paternal or familial inspiration."
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': "Bah! Just like his father...."
father...".
* '''Conversed''': "This must be one of those instances where a villain is evil because of paternal or familial inspiration."
inspiration".
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
'''Deconstructed''': LoserSonOfLoserDad
* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': ???
'''Reconstructed''': Vladimir has actually chosen to become a vile, ruthless, evil bastard deep down long before any discrimination relating to his family line or parents comes up. Any unfair treatment that he faces is just one more excuse for going on with his ways.



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** Vladimir is a tolerant hero, despite his father's actions.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Vladimir's father was a mass murderer and Vladimir is a genocidal maniac.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Vladimir's father was a mass murderer and Vladimir is his ancestor a genocidal maniac.tyrant. Not one person of Vladimir's line has turned out to be a decent individual, even his bastard son ending up a crime lord
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** Vladimir's family line has lived in harsh conditions and thus what others would find HighOctaneNightmareFuel Vladimir naturally thinks of as unremarkable.

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** Vladimir's family line has lived in harsh conditions and thus what others would find HighOctaneNightmareFuel Vladimir naturally thinks of as unremarkable.

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* '''Justified''': He has inherited a certain mental disposition that influences him for worse.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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He has inherited a certain mental disposition that influences him for worse.
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* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"This must be one of those instances where a villain is evil because of paternal or familial inspiration."
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"My father was extremely ruthless in his approach to things and guess what?! I don't mind doing the same!"
* '''Invoked''': ???[[TheCorrupter Emperor Evulz]] befriends Vladimir, sows seeds of distrst toward his friends, orchestrates situations that turn his virtues against him and starts telling him stories about how his family members are great examples of his cherished values(getting things done, persistence, resilience etc.).



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Vladimir knows right off the bat what horrid people his family line is full of - and actively goes out of his way to diminish, if not erase, the effects of their reign, generally going to extra lengths to be [[IncorruptiblePurePureness an honorable,]] [[{{Zalgo}} v]][[TheCape irtuous person]].
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Vladimir uses his father's fearsome legacy to get his way even though he himself wouldn't hurt a fly.



* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"Bah! Just like his father...."
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Vladimir finds out his father was an evil bastard and he doubts whether he really deserves to call himself a hero. He gets consoled that he isn't like his father, having chosen to be unlike him. He faces suspicion from other people - although some of them do so because of his fragile self-belief. Vladimir then finds out most of his ''family line'' includes callous, ruthless, immoral people. Vladimir takes into account he has grown up in extremely different circumstances. Then he certifies that he shares many personality and temperamental traits that have been commonly observed to appear in his family. His friend points out he is also very different.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Vladimir finds out his father was an evil bastard and he doubts whether he really deserves to call himself a hero. He gets consoled that he isn't like his father, having chosen to be unlike him. He faces suspicion from other people - although some of them do so because of his fragile self-belief. Vladimir then finds out most of his ''family line'' includes callous, ruthless, immoral people. Vladimir takes into account he has grown up in extremely different circumstances. Then he certifies that he shares many personality and temperamental traits that have been commonly observed to appear in his family. His friend points out he is also very different.different from them in many respects. Too bad Vladimir's mental stability has started to slide down towards the abyss and his sinister edge is raising its head, growing ever more prominent...
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* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???
Vladimir is as virtuous as his family line is reputed to be.
* '''Subverted''': ???
Vladimir has dozens of vile people in his family line and is a decent fellow regardless.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Subverted''': ...until he gets fed up and decides that following in their footsteps isn't so bad a thing after all.



* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Deconstructed''': ???
LoserSonOfLoserDad
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
Vladimir has actually chosen to become a vile, ruthless, evil bastard deep down long before any discrimination relating to his family line or parents comes up. Any unfair treatment that he faces is just one more excuse for going on with his ways.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
Vladimir finds out his father was an evil bastard and he doubts whether he really deserves to call himself a hero. He gets consoled that he isn't like his father, having chosen to be unlike him. He faces suspicion from other people - although some of them do so because of his fragile self-belief. Vladimir then finds out most of his ''family line'' includes callous, ruthless, immoral people. Vladimir takes into account he has grown up in extremely different circumstances. Then he certifies that he shares many personality and temperamental traits that have been commonly observed to appear in his family. His friend points out he is also very different.
* '''Averted''': ???People in a story's setting turn out good, evil or somewhere between regardless of what kind of people their family lines include.
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* '''Straight''': ???
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Straight''': ???
Vladimir is an unflinchingly ruthless zealot, clearly having modelled himself after his father.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
Vladimir's father was a mass murderer and Vladimir is a genocidal maniac.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
Vladimir's father was a juvenile deliquent, so Vladimir sees nothing wrong with vandalism and being an egomaniacal jerk.
* '''Justified''': ???He has inherited a certain mental disposition that influences him for worse.
** Vladimir's family line has lived in harsh conditions and thus what others would find HighOctaneNightmareFuel Vladimir naturally thinks of as unremarkable.
** Vladimir has been raised according to a rigid value system and punished whenever he's deviated from it.
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'''Basic Trope''': The idea that evil gets inherited from generation to generation just like many personality traits.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
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* '''Inverted''': ???
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